Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising
01-03-2012, 19:14
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Re: Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising
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President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced plans to re-open the Buenos Aires to Malvinas flight path.
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Could prove entertaining, watching the Argentine pilots trying to land their planes somewhere that doesn't exist 
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02-03-2012, 06:32
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Re: Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising
If that happens i would screen/vet any argie passengers
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02-03-2012, 09:33
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Re: Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising
By the sound of it they want control as to who goes to/from the island.. 
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02-03-2012, 09:35
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Re: Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising
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Originally Posted by Hugh
Do you mean Royal Dutch Shell, whose HQ is at the Hague, Netherlands?
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Their a UK/Dutch company with a primary listing in the LSE and a secondary listing in the Euronext Amsterdam and NYSE, it is based both in London and The Hague
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Dutch_Shell
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Maybe it is part of the invasion plan!
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02-03-2012, 09:59
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Re: Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising
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Originally Posted by Alan Fry
Their a UK/Dutch company with a primary listing in the LSE and a secondary listing in the Euronext Amsterdam and NYSE, it is based both in London and The Hague
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Dutch_Shell
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Maybe it is part of the invasion plan! |
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02-03-2012, 10:07
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Re: Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising
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Perhaps not...
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/35389938-post399.html
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The suggestion is that the only possibly viable attack vector would be a Trojan horse - special forces aboard a 'stricken' civilian airliner requesting an emergency landing.
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02-03-2012, 10:29
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Re: Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising
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Originally Posted by Kymmy
By the sound of it they want control as to who goes to/from the island.. |
I think you have hit the nail on the head there Kymmy.
I presume LAN is an Argentinian owned airline? Otherwise how would they have so much control over them?
http://www.falklandislands.com/conte...ng-here-by-air
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02-03-2012, 10:40
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Re: Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising
The level of control Argentina seeks to exert isn't just down to the nationality of the carrier - it's also due to flights from Chile have to over-fly Argentine airspace, effectively giving Argentina a veto over the other flights anyway.
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02-03-2012, 11:02
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Re: Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising
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Originally Posted by Tim Deegan
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LAN is the national carrier of Chile, but they own a subsidiery airline (LAN Argentina) in Argentina, LAN in turn are owned by LATAM (A company based in Brazil and Chile) who is a member of OneWorld (Slong with British Airways!)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAN_Airlines
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02-03-2012, 11:17
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Re: Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising
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The level of control Argentina seeks to exert isn't just down to the nationality of the carrier - it's also due to flights from Chile have to over-fly Argentine airspace, effectively giving Argentina a veto over the other flights anyway.
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Thanks Chris. I actually thought of that after I posted.
It's good that you give plain and simple answers, rather than trying to look more knowledgable by using Wikipedia 
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02-03-2012, 11:20
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02-03-2012, 12:37
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Re: Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising
Well my Argentinian friend of 20 years says that it's all down to wanting to hide their corruption using nationalism.
I trust his viewpoint because he a physics professor who studied in the US and has travelled the world a lot more than the average Argentinian.He says nothing will come of it. 
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02-03-2012, 13:07
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Re: Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising
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Well my Argentinian friend of 20 years says that it's all down to wanting to hide their corruption using nationalism.
I trust his viewpoint because he a physics professor who studied in the US and has travelled the world a lot more than the average Argentinian.He says nothing will come of it. |
I tend to agree. I expect the vast majority of Argentinians are far more worried about the state of the economy and their lives than all this politically motivated hype. Of course the usual suspects and rent a mob crowd will gain plenty of media time as they burn Union Jacks...
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02-03-2012, 13:11
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Re: Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising
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I tend to agree. I expect the vast majority of Argentinians are far more worried about the state of the economy and their lives than all this politically motivated hype. Of course the usual suspects and rent a mob crowd will gain plenty of media time as they burn Union Jacks...
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and thank God for that, flag making is one of their only growth industries.
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02-03-2012, 14:02
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Re: Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising
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Well my Argentinian friend of 20 years says that it's all down to wanting to hide their corruption using nationalism.
I trust his viewpoint because he a physics professor who studied in the US and has travelled the world a lot more than the average Argentinian.He says nothing will come of it. |
And I think your friend is probably right. The worrying thing is that is exactly what the military government was trying to do in the 80's.
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